Steve Brine
Steve Brine | |
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Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee | |
| In office 3 November 2022 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Hunt |
| Succeeded by | Layla Moran |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health | |
| In office 14 June 2017 – 25 March 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Nicola Blackwood |
| Succeeded by | Seema Kennedy |
| Member of Parliament for Winchester | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Oaten |
| Succeeded by | Danny Chambers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Charles Brine 28 January 1974 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Susie Toulson (m. 2003) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Liverpool Hope University |
| Website | www |
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Stephen Charles Brine (born 28 January 1974) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he worked as a BBC radio journalist and in public relations prior to his political career. Brine identifies as a one-nation conservative. In November 2022, he was elected chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Public Health and Primary Care at the Department of Health from June 2017 to March 2019, when Brine resigned to vote against the government's policy on Brexit. Brine had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for supporting the Benn Act, an attempt to prevent a no-deal Brexit. He sat for over a month as an independent politician before being readmitted to the party on 29 October 2019.
Brine announced in June 2023 that he would be standing down at the 2024 general election.